Scholarship

Writing &
Research

Peer-reviewed articles, books, and essays spanning institutional design, behavioural policy, sustainability governance, and trade justice.

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Book

Edited Volume

Dimensions of Poverty book cover
Edited Volume · Springer
Dimensions of Poverty: Measurement, Epistemic Injustices, Activism
Beck, V., Hahn, H. and Lepenies, R. (Eds.)
Springer · 2020 · 441 pp. · ISBN 978-3-030-48829-0

A multidisciplinary volume bringing together scholars from philosophy, economics, and political science to examine how poverty is measured, how those measurements encode injustice, and how activist approaches challenge dominant frameworks.

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Selected Publications

2018
Three Challenges for Behavioural Science and Policy
Lepenies, R., Mackay, K. and Quigley, M.
Behavioural Public Policy, 2(2)
DOI Scholar
2015
The Institutional Consequences of Nudging
Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M.
Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 6(3) · Response by Cass Sunstein
DOI Scholar
2018
Discovering the Political Implications of Coproduction in Water Governance
Lepenies, R. et al.
Water, 10(2)
DOI Scholar
2019
Behaviour Change: Extralegal, Apolitical, Scientistic?
Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M.
European Journal of Risk Regulation, 10(1)
Scholar
2019
The Ethics of Behavioural Public Policy
Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M.
Cambridge Handbook of Psychology and Public Policy
Scholar
2019
Mehr als nur Werkzeuge: Kritik an Experimenten in der Ökonomik
Kersting, N., Lepenies, R. and Neef, M.
Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik
Scholar
2017
Wissenschaft als politischer Beruf: Die SDGs als realistische Utopie
Hahn, H. and Lepenies, R.
GAIA — Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Scholar
2015
Is the Behavioral Approach a Form of Scientific Imperialism?
Małecka, M. and Lepenies, R.
Perspectives on Science
Scholar
2016
Nudges, Recht und Politik: Institutionelle Implikationen
Lepenies, R. and Małecka, M.
Archiv des öffentlichen Rechts
Scholar
2019
Academic Incentives Need to Change if We Are to Build Trust in Science
Lepenies, R.
Times Higher Education · February 2019
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2016
Is Globalization to Blame?
Lepenies, R.
Boston Review · Forum Response
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2014
Economists as Political Philosophers: A Critique of Normative Trade Theory
Lepenies, R.
European University Institute · Working Paper
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Recent Work

2020 — Present

2023
The Politics of National SDG Indicator Systems
Lepenies, R. et al.
Ambio, 52(4), 743–756
DOI Scholar
2021
Citizen Science for Transformative Air Quality Policy
Lepenies, R. and Zakari, I.S.
Sustainability, 13(7)
DOI Open Access PDF
2015
Losers in Trade: Economics and Normative Justifications
Lepenies, R.
Hertie School of Governance · Inaugural WIWA Prize for Pluralist Economics
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